Middletown & Swatara Consolidated Water Co. v. Middletown Borough

Wickersham, J.,

The plaintiff in this case commenced an action of assumpsit to recover from the defendant, a municipal corporation, rent for forty-one water-plugs or hydrants from July 1, 1918, to Jan. 1, 1921, at the rate of $25 per hydrant, amounting to $2562.50, together with interest thereon from the date when each semi-annual instalment of rent became due and payable.

The plaintiff’s action is based upon a written contract between the Borough of Middletown, by its chief burgess, and president of the borough council (as authorized by resolution of said council bearing date Dec. 13, 1897)…